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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Part 1 Test

Memory techniques lesson 6: Part 1 test: how memory works · Set 348 · 40 questions
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Memory tip (Know your memory): Find the topic of the question: memory steps, attention, short or long term, forgetting, or habits. Use that lesson’s tip — notice, store, recall; you keep what you notice; a small desk and a big cupboard; review before it fades; a rested brain remembers. For sums: add the gaps to the learning day, add study blocks and breaks, or count the hours of sleep.

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  1. 1.😴 Why does sleep matter for learning? (a) it wastes time (b) it erases memory (c) it helps learning stick (d) it is only for babies
  2. 2.📅 You learn five state capitals on day 3. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) directions told just now (b) how to ride a bicycle (c) tables learned long ago (d) the national anthem
  4. 4.True or false: “meaning makes it stick” is a fact about memory. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) phone in another room (b) one task at a time (c) chatting in class (d) a goal for each session
  6. 6.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) put it in another room (c) turn the sound up (d) reply at once
  7. 7.🗂️ You learned a poem in Class 3 and still know it. Where is it kept? (a) short-term memory (b) only your notebook (c) nowhere (d) long-term memory
  8. 8.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: tables learned long ago? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
  9. 9.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  10. 10.True or false: “an all-night cram” is bad for your memory. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, by staring hard (b) no, that is a myth (c) yes, in a week (d) yes, with a pill
  12. 12.👀 Does this help attention or break it: eyes on the speaker? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
  13. 13.True or false: “your mother tongue” is kept in long-term memory. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a full night’s sleep (b) studying very hungry (c) feeling very stressed (d) skipping breakfast
  15. 15.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) learning is useless (b) the brain is broken (c) memory is fixed (d) we never reviewed them
  16. 16.🧠 Which step of memory is this: keep it in memory? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
  17. 17.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  18. 18.📅 You learn the 7 times table on day 4. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
  19. 19.😴 Which break is best during study? (a) an hour of games (b) a short walk or stretch (c) a long TV show (d) scrolling videos
  20. 20.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) reading it once only (b) reviewing the next day (c) learning without meaning (d) one long session only
  21. 21.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: get it back later or store it? (a) get it back later (b) store it
  22. 22.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) a desk full of toys (c) checking messages (d) phone in another room
  23. 23.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
  24. 24.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) reviewing the next day (b) reviewing after a week (c) learning without meaning (d) using it in a sum
  25. 25.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your phone (b) on the teacher and board (c) on your friend (d) out of the window
  26. 26.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: how to swim? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
  27. 27.True or false: “a calm, happy mind” is bad for your memory. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: an OTP you just got? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) a quiet place to study (c) a desk full of toys (d) games open on screen
  30. 30.True or false: “a price you just heard” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) everyone forgets things (b) pictures stick better (c) practice improves memory (d) you keep all you read
  32. 32.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) taking short notes (b) doodling cartoons (c) looking at the clock (d) chatting quietly
  33. 33.Which of these helps your memory? (a) screens till midnight (b) hours with no break (c) skipping breakfast (d) drinking enough water
  34. 34.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reading it once only? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
  35. 35.🧠 Which step of memory is this: recall it? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3
  36. 36.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) attention comes first (b) memory can’t improve (c) everyone forgets things (d) pictures stick better
  37. 37.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the national anthem (b) your home address (c) a number you just heard (d) tables learned long ago
  39. 39.😴 Can any pill or drink give you a super memory? (a) yes, energy drinks (b) yes, many do (c) no — habits help most (d) yes, sugar does
  40. 40.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a number you just heard? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory

Answer key

  1. it helps learning stick
  2. 13
  3. directions told just now
  4. True
  5. chatting in class
  6. put it in another room
  7. long-term memory
  8. long-term memory
  9. 4
  10. True
  11. no, that is a myth
  12. helps attention
  13. True
  14. a full night’s sleep
  15. we never reviewed them
  16. step 2
  17. a fact
  18. 15
  19. a short walk or stretch
  20. reviewing the next day
  21. store it
  22. phone in another room
  23. a myth
  24. learning without meaning
  25. on the teacher and board
  26. long-term memory
  27. False
  28. short-term memory
  29. a quiet place to study
  30. False
  31. you keep all you read
  32. taking short notes
  33. drinking enough water
  34. lets it fade
  35. step 3
  36. memory can’t improve
  37. False
  38. a number you just heard
  39. no — habits help most
  40. short-term memory

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